Apple Freezes Snow Leopard APIs 256
DJRumpy writes in to alert us that Apple's new OS, Snow Leopard, is apparently nearing completion. "Apple this past weekend distributed a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software's release. ...`Apple is said to have informed recipients of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard build 10A354 that it has simplified the`... APIs for working with Grand Central, a new architecture that makes it easier for developers to take advantage of Macs with multiple processing cores. This technology works by breaking complex tasks into smaller blocks, which are then`... dispatched efficiently to a Mac's available cores for faster processing."
Snow leopard is such an apt codename (Score:3, Funny)
Spread your tiny wings and fly away,
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day.
The one I love forever is untrue,
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you.
In a world of good and bad, light and dark, black and white, it remains very hopeful that Apple still sees itself as a beacon of purity. It pushes them to do good things to reinforce their own self-image.
I can't wait to try this latest OS!
Re:What's up with the punctuation (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps the editor doesn't know how to edit?
Oh wait, kdawson, never mind.
Re:Snow leopard is such an apt codename (Score:5, Funny)
I almost threw up.
Re:Any details on Grand Central? (Score:2, Funny)
it works automagically
this is Apple after all
MAGIC!
Re:What's up with the punctuation (Score:2, Funny)
kdawson is... doing... his Captain... Kirk... impression. Mr. Taco, Warp Factor... 10.
i don't know you but... (Score:5, Funny)
I always read it as "Slow Leopard"
Re:What's up with the punctuation (Score:4, Funny)
That is, until some clever writer begins including square-bracketed ellipses in his or her text \[. . .\].
We just need escape codes :)